Description

This service is similar to the system components that enable other forms of wireless connectivity on your phone (ie. WiFi, NFC) and will not run or use system resources unless you start an app that requires ANT wireless communication. It is pre-installed by your device manufacturer to allow the built-in ANT wireless hardware already present in your mobile device to operate. If you do not intend to use this feature there will be no impact to your system and no further action is required.

If this service is not pre-installed on your phone you may still be able to enable ANT+ communication, see http://www.thisisant.com/developer/ant/ant-in-android/ for more info.

What is ANT?

ANT is an extremely power efficient wireless communication technology. ANT allows you to connect to, and make use of various other ANT or ANT+ devices. Today, this service allows you to connect to popular interoperable ANT+ sport/fitness/health devices such as heart rate sensors, fitness equipment, cycling products, weight scales and more. In the future it will be possible to use ANT to enable a myriad of new applications from your mobile device, such as home automation control of lighting, temperature and door lock functions. Visit www.thisisant.com for more info.

How to use:

This system service cannot be launched directly. It will run automatically in the background whenever any application that requires ANT wireless communication is used. ANT+ enabled applications also typically require downloading the ANT+ Plugins http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus

ANT is an ultra low power wireless technology great for low data rate applications such as sensors, monitors, beacons, command and control, etc. Connecting devices and transferring data is simple using our ANT API. Developing apps for ANT+ devices is even easier using our ANT+ Plugins API. These APIs are free to use. More information is available at http://www.thisisant.com/developer/ant/ant-in-android/.

Required Android Permissions:

Full Network Access: The ANT Radio Service will never download or upload any data over the internet. This permission is only required because it is possible to install the ANT Radio Service on an Android Emulator (ie: for development purposes) in which case it requires access to internet sockets to communicate with an ANT USB Stick on the host Windows PC using the ANT Android Emulator Tools. This communication requires the INTERNET permission but only communicates with the local PC.

Modify System Settings: This allows initialization of whether ANT should be turned off or kept on when Airplane mode is entered.

Bluetooth Admin: On some hardware configurations ANT may require communicating with Bluetooth at the system level. However, this service will not start bluetooth scans or create bluetooth connections.

Please send any questions to android@thisisant.com as it is difficult to respond to all questions left in reviews.

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Patrick Mead

The development of a low power wireless system might be a good idea, but almost all the devices it supports also use Bluetooth as a connection system as well. For that reason, the ANT app is actually obsolete before it was even created. As for 'future uses', even Samsung 's own connected devices support Bluetooth as well as ANT. As Bluetooth is a worldwide standard is it not time to drop ANT?.

Scott Borst

Why is it called a radio service when it's not a radio service at all? It's for fitness and heart monitoring devices to link up with your phone. And from what I see from the reviews nobody really likes this in this is the people this trying to sponsor this. If you are a sponsor of this thing or app you should not be able to write any any any any any any any any any comets these are for the people the real people not the business or sponsors!!!!

anita lattin

this app is useless. it allows people the ability to rob your person info. this app serves no purpose for the average updated human living in 2017!!! take this mess away from my FULLY PAID FOR PHONE! Samsung is going down the drain... my next phone will be a iphone!

Stephen Reece

This is BS!!!! another service I use to Uninstal is now automatically on my device... if the only way of getting this waste of space on my phone is giving me no choice....well thanks alot..... Why do you force this junk on paying customers????

Rina Papadopulu

This was the last drop in the full glass! I USED to like my Samsung. And now I am sorry I can't give a -☆ rate, because you deserve it. A normal company would never do this to the customers! And, if even, would give us an uninstall button!! I thought, Samsung is a South, not North Korea 's company! Such methods are used just in countries under terrors! Shame on you.

keerox

Please delete this crap from the phone that i paid full price for. Isn't my money enough. Instead you insists on adding these unwanted apps on ppls phones for a profit instead of keeping your customers happy. And not even letting the owners of the phone to delete them. Last Samsung i buy!

User reviews

Patrick Mead April 22, 2017

The development of a low power wireless system might be a good idea, but almost all the devices it supports also use Bluetooth as a connection system as well. For that reason, the ANT app is actually obsolete before it was even created. As for 'future uses', even Samsung 's own connected devices support Bluetooth as well as ANT. As Bluetooth is a worldwide standard is it not time to drop ANT?.

Why is it called a radio service when it's not a radio service at all? It's for fitness and heart monitoring devices to link up with your phone. And from what I see from the reviews nobody really likes this in this is the people this trying to sponsor this. If you are a sponsor of this thing or app you should not be able to write any any any any any any any any any comets these are for the people the real people not the business or sponsors!!!!

this app is useless. it allows people the ability to rob your person info. this app serves no purpose for the average updated human living in 2017!!! take this mess away from my FULLY PAID FOR PHONE! Samsung is going down the drain... my next phone will be a iphone!

This is BS!!!! another service I use to Uninstal is now automatically on my device... if the only way of getting this waste of space on my phone is giving me no choice....well thanks alot..... Why do you force this junk on paying customers????

This was the last drop in the full glass! I USED to like my Samsung. And now I am sorry I can't give a -☆ rate, because you deserve it. A normal company would never do this to the customers! And, if even, would give us an uninstall button!! I thought, Samsung is a South, not North Korea 's company! Such methods are used just in countries under terrors! Shame on you.

Please delete this crap from the phone that i paid full price for. Isn't my money enough. Instead you insists on adding these unwanted apps on ppls phones for a profit instead of keeping your customers happy. And not even letting the owners of the phone to delete them. Last Samsung i buy!

This app is the reason people get robbed, it shares you r phone ID and personal information allowing hackers to get your phone IP and other personal information through back door apps and the dark internet. Get the app off of your phone or people will be able to get your messages, credit card info, clone your phone and it signal by rewriting code.

This app is totally useless to me and I just want it off my Samsung s7. I've always loved Samsung but forcing useless apps like this makes me hate it. When my phone is paid off, I'll be looking at getting a new phone that only has the apps on it needed to function properly and I, the customer, can choose what apps I want on my phone. Obviously, many companies have forgotten that in order to have repeat business, you have to have happy customers, it doesn't make you that much different from United Airlines.

I didn't ask for this app I dont want this app, I can't get rid of this app!?!? I want it gone off my phone please. If I wanted what ever it is I would have chosen to install it myself. Take it of please ASAP!

It came already installed on my cell phone and it just takes up space because it is useless. I want it off my phone so I can use the space for more scull stuff. I already have the ability to connect to different devices. If it doesn't use the stuff already going around then it just takes up.space for nothing bad idea. Wish I could remove it from my phone.

It seems like these apps take up the most room in my phone JUST when my contract is about to end. When I go past my 2 year contract to buy the phone with MY money there seems to always be the insufficient storage in my phone and if this app is gone it's one more thing I can get rid of. This is why I never install updates on my phone. *edit-- The person saying people shouldn't complain about technology when we have food and clean water is completely irrelevant.

Gee wiz! This app so very NOT useful. I don't care how little space it claims to take. I don't want it. I don't care how many other people like it or use it. If I wanted it or needed it then I would have voluntarily downloaded it. ANT+ and all of it's developers and investors need to pedal their garbage software somewhere else. Samsung as a willing partner to this is just as bad. You know what I like to do to ants? Stomp on them! The same goes for ANT+

This app has nothing to with what it's advertised to do and not only that I cannot get it off my phone thanks Samsung. This app allows hackers to do as they please and no one cares enough to put a stop to the nonsense.

What Is This Crap I Didn't Ask for this or Installed it. WTF Samsung? Do you read what we're posting? USELESS APP. Love my old cell cause you can't install crap on them! Switching back to my Apple 4 cell.

Samsung, quit pushing all these useless apps on people. Do you read these reviews?? People do not want forced apps. That's how there are 100 million downloads, because you force them on people. Can't even turn it off or get rid of it..CRAP!

Changed my life forever! I can now call anyone without typing the numbers, go anywhere without driving, talked to anyone using my mind and I can now talk to animals and all alien species! Works great! Thanks to this app!

I honestly don't know what all the bitching is about! If people buy a bleeding edge Samsung device, you know that it will have future proof technology built in! Ant+ is used to control lighting, your fridge and all sorts of things to come in the future. For goodness sake, stop complaining! Some people don't have fresh water to drink and you lot are bitching about a little bit of tech in your device! Take a good look in the mirror and thank your lucky stars that by sheer accident of birth you have clean water to drink, food to eat and roofs over your heads....oh, and very smart devices!

I have no interest in having this bloatware on my phone. I'm disgusted with the fact that I can't delete this stupid app that I have no use for, and I will never use. In fact, I'm going to go out of my way to not use your services for trying to force them upon me. Thanks.

Spyware. Just as soon as I root my tablet it will be gone. Meanwhile I am blocking it with my firewall. Will be looking into Apple products from now on. Good job turning away customers Samsung. Mission accomplished!

The hyper paranoia and ridiculous negative commentary in these reviews is mainly linked to ignorance. This app uses a relatively small footprint and does not divulge information to hackers. Most of what is pre-installed in phones today sits in waiting for the customer to grow in his understanding of his phone's capabilities. When he is ready to use a new feature, the app is there waiting for him. The truth is that you don't know what you need when you first buy a phone. Usually customers grow into realizing what they would like. Pre-installed apps accommodate this reality. Stop complaining! You know not what you speak.

I want to remove Ant Radio Service from my Samsung Tablet, but for reasons I do not understand why I cannot. This program is not what I was led to believe it is - a Radio Service. I think the write up is extremely misleading, and takes up in excess 400kb of memory that I could me using for other uses.

i have never install the app it might have come with some other App I've installed right there this is dishonest I have never used it and I will never use it I don't even know what it is but looks like a scam to steal my data I request everyone to report this as a scam with malicious intent Google Play and its community

I HATE having apps preloaded and forced down my throat. If I want an app, I will get it my self. If I ever do need an app that does what this one does (what ever the hell it is) you can be sure it won't be this one.

What's New

Note: This service may be pre-installed by your device manufacturer to allow the ANT wireless hardware already present in your mobile device to operate. If you do not use this feature it will remain inactive.

v.4.14:

-Fixed apps using legacy API not able to use ANT USB sticks on some phones